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source/administration/backups.txt

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Approaches for Backing Up the MongoDB Environment
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Approaches to Backing Up the MongoDB Environment
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The best option for backing up your MongoDB environment is to use
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block-level backups, which provide duplicate images of your device.

source/tutorial/backup-databases-with-binary-database-dumps.txt

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This section describes the process for writing the entire contents of
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your MongoDB instance to a file in a binary format. If
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disk-level snapshots are not available, this approach
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provides the best option for full system database backups.
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your MongoDB instance to a file in a binary format. If disk-level
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snapshots are not available, this approach provides the best option for
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full system database backups. If your system has disk level snapshot
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capabilities, consider the backup methods described in
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:doc:`/tutorial/backup-databases-with-filesystem-snapshots`.
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This page describes the following:
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- :ref:`backup-mongodump`
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- :ref:`backup-restore-dump`
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.. seealso::
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The :doc:`/reference/mongodump` and :doc:`/reference/mongorestore`
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documents contain complete documentation of these tools. If you
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have questions about these tools not covered here, please refer to
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these documents.
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- :doc:`/reference/mongodump`
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- :doc:`/reference/mongorestore`
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If your system has disk level snapshot capabilities, consider the
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backup methods described in :doc:`/tutorial/backup-databases-with-filesystem-snapshots`.
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.. _backup-mongodump:
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Database Dump with ``mongodump``
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Backup a Database with ``mongodump``
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The :program:`mongodump` utility can perform a live backup of data or
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Restore Database from Binary Dump with ``mongorestore``
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Restore a Database with ``mongorestore``
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The :program:`mongorestore` utility restores a binary backup created by
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:program:`mongodump`. Consider the following example command:

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